20 Mar 1952
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1952
Page
1
Readable sections note letters from subscribers, St. Patrick Day humor, Marine Timmy Killeen tales, and spring sports plans. The column invites more service member photos, previews a Brown County political crop, and mentions activities at Batavia and Mt. Carmel Glen Este schools along with a proposed Clermont sports coliseum concept.
Residents of the Amelia School District approved a 205000 bond issue by 649 to 57 with about 92 percent turnout. Funds will build elementary classrooms, with 190000 for construction and 15000 for equipment. Bonds must be sold before construction. Grunkenmeyer and Sullivan of Cincinnati are the architects.
In New Richmond Ohio the First Baptist church basketball team, three time Cler mont County Church League champions, were honored at a church banquet Tuesday evening. Coach Oscar Popp shared in the recognition.
More than 60 local CES MYF and Methodist Junior Choir members entertained residents of the Clermont County Home Sunday. The program featured a vaudeville act a miniature boxing match and singing by the groups.
Gillen Este Mt Carmel residents donate 113 pints of blood at the Red Cross mobile unit stopped at the school. The collection exceeds the quota by three pints and is sponsored by the local PTA.
Mt Carmel Mt Este PTA to hear Mrs Russell Arnold State Social Hygiene Chairman at its meeting tomorrow evening at 8 pm in the local high school. Members and friends urged to attend.
Girl Scouts will knock on doors in Clermont County during March in their quest for cookie customers. A big box of cookies baked by Streitmann's yields about 17 cents profit per box, the scouts' only annual fund raiser. The unofficial theme playfully asks why walk to the grocery when they can deliver rookies to your door.
Seven county youths will leave Batavia tomorrow morning for induction into the armed services. They are Joseph Heflin 20 of Batavia Route 2 Lyman W Smith 20 Amelia Raymond E Kellerman 25 Milford Route 1 Robert Kellerman 22 Milford Raymond Kellerman 25 Milford Harold L Young 24 Felicity Allen Chandler 23 Milford Route 4 and James A Martin 21 Williamsburg.
PERINTOWN OH Henry Binning marked his sixtieth birthday on St Patrick's Day with a family gathering at his home Monday. Guests included Robert and Barbara Binning and their children Wayne Terry and Cindy of Cincinnati, Herbert Embry and family of Perintown, Bertha Binning of Indian Hill, and Mrs. Binning who cooked a special dinner.
Funeral services were held this week at Saylorsville for two month old Ronald Gillespie who died Saturday at the home of his grandparents in Chelsea Michigan. The baby succumbed to a heart ailment a few hours after his parents Vernon Gillespie and his wife arrived by automobile for a visit per the Chelsea coroner's report.
Mrs. Rachel Franke of Milford was appointed this week as a Clermont County Welfare Depart ment caseworker. She will earn $176 monthly and will assist Sam Ausman, the welfare office director, while her husband, Leslie Franke, works at the Milford office of Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company.
The Clermont County Tuberculosis and Health Association will hold its annual meeting at the courthouse Thursday evening March 27 at 8. Election of officers reports discussions and plans are features of the evening. The meet is open to the public.
The Williamsburg school adjusts its spring concert to March 28 shifting from March 30 after the editorial page story. The change was issued after publication.
Moscow high school band members earned top honors at an Oxford University music contest in Oxford. A trumpet quartet including Janet Jones and Donald Bolender rated superior. Nina Sneed earned second with a clarinet solo. Janet Jones took second with Lucia. Alice Lemar placed second with a marimba solo. Mrs. Nell Steen directs the band.
Batavia Ohio and nearby areas saw three motorists fined for traffic violations by Mayor J F Paschal. Percy Newberry Batavia pleaded guilty to reckless driving earning a 50 dollar fine and 60 day driving suspension. Lewis Taylor Goshen received 50 dollars with 30 suspended for reckless driving. James B Garrett Foster Route 1 was fined 100 dollars plus costs for drunken driving with 25 suspended. Police Chief Ed Colonel and Sheriff Clyde B Dericks reported arrests.
Cecil Chambers narrowly escaped death when his car struck a pole and swerved into Nine Mile Creek near New Richmond. He wriggled free from a crash door, swam to shore, walked to a tavern, and later declined hospital, while Police Chief Spaulding arranged return home after injuries to shoulder, leg, and head.
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